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Photo Credit: Chelsea Stockton Photography 2013
Texans know how to celebrate just about any occasion with unique style and flair, and for residents of the idyllic San Antonio suburb of New Braunfels, the occasion of choice this Fall was tennis, Texas-style! As part of the festivities surrounding the John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge, a $50K USTA Pro Circuit Challenger tournament at the John Newcombe Country Club (managed by Cliff...

The USTA announced that John Newcombe Country Club, managed by Cliff Drysdale Tennis, will once again host the John Newcombe Women’s $50,000 Pro Challenge October 27 – November 3. The tournament, a USTA Pro Circuit event, is one of only 2 Women’s $50,000 Challengers in the state of Texas, and the largest professional tennis event held in south central Texas.

"When I went to Newport, Rhode Island the weekend before last to attend the International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, I was moved in different ways by observing the estimable class of 2013 graciously accepting their high honors."

Tennis fans today regard Cliff Drysdale as a fatherly figure in ESPN's broadcast booth, a silky-smooth relic of a sport that has evolved so rapidly as to be almost unrecognizable from its 19th century roots.